HD FIlter for HCS

[EvilGM]

I remember someone saying on the boards when Natoman was hosting them that someone was working on a filter for Hero Designer so the charcter sheets made with that program could be used in HCS? Can anyone tell me the status of that filter?

[Midhir]

HCS Export Filter for HD Status.

CHARACTERISTICS: I've got the characteristics coming over without a hitch, this was the easiest part.

SKILSS: Well I've got skills coming over perfectly into HCS. Those skills that are supported at the moment by HCS.

MARTIAL ARTS: The ones implemented in HCS come over fine and I'm working on custom ones importing now.

POWERS & EQUIPMENT: There has to be some tweaking done either to the Export TAGS from HD or the import function of HCS since I can't get it to come over exactly the same way HCS takes the data in.

[Simon]

Midhir - On the Powers and Equipment, let me know what you would need done differently in HD and I'll see how feasible it is to implement for you.

[Midhir]

Ok well here is an example of the output from the HD export filter:

BEGINPOWER:
Power: Combat Skill Levels
Name: Combat Skill Levels
Combat Skill Levels
PTS: 6
ROLL:
ENDPOWER:

BEGINPOWER:
Power: Armor
Name: Chainmail Heubrak
Armor (6 PD / 6 ED) (18 Active Points); Armor Weight (Half Mass; -1/2), Real Armor (-1/4) (not added to totals)
Armor Weight (Half Mass; -1/2)
Real Armor (-1/4)
ENDPOWER:

BEGINPOWER:
Power: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand
Name: The Edge (Blade)
Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 2d6 +1 (plus STR) (vs. PD) (Custom Adder), Does BODY (+1); Real Weapon (-1/4), STR Minimum 5 (1-5; -1/4)
Does BODY (+1)
Real Weapon (-1/4)
STR Minimum 5 (1-5; -1/4)
ENDPOWER:

This is what HCS currently needs:

BEGINPOWER:
Power: Single Attack
Name: Elven Sword
+3 Level w/ single attack
PTS: 6
CLs assigned to DC: 0
CLs assigned to DCV: 0
CLs assigned to OCV: 3
CLs attached to: The Edge (Blade)
ENDPOWER:

BEGINPOWER:
Power: Armor
Name: Chainmail
Armor (6 PD/6 ED) #spacing has to be exact#
Armor Weight (Half Mass; -1/2) #means nothing to HCS nor does it have too#
Real Armor (-1/4) #means nothing to HCS nor does it have too#
ENDPOWER:

BEGINPOWER:
Power: Killing Attack (HTH) #wording has to be exact#
Name: The Edge (Blade)
2d6+1 Killing Attack (HTH) #wording has to be exact and in the proper order#
Does BODY (+1) #means nothing to HCS#
Real Weapon (-1/4) #means nothing to HCS nor does it have too#
STR Minimum 5 (1-5; -1/4) #currently HCS supports STR Min but doesn't import the value#
ENDPOWER:

I did some more work on the combat skill levels but with the current equipment bug in HD version 1.18 I haven't been able to test it.

[EvilGM]

Thanks for the update!

[Simon]

Hrrrm....Midhir: I think that the changes necessary are going to take some doing to implement.

I'm figuring on expanding the export procedure quite a bit (and making it much more 'atomic') as I start working on v2.....but you'll probably be able to get HCS modified to import HD file faster.